GHS had a banner day at the Gulf Coast Region of Odyssey of the Mind. Five teams participated and all are invited to the Florida State Tournament on April 14 at UCF in Orlando. Their names and places are below. Three seniors also received scholarships: Katie Penick for $500; Oliver Chang and Lizzy Mapes received a book scholarship for $250 each. GHS had three of eight scholarship winners.
Asiya Khan received one of only two Renatra Fusca Creativity awards for her excellence in the Spontaneous Competition. One judge who has been around the Spontaneous Competition for 21 years said she was the best ever seen in that time period. All other Spontaneous judges had to agree for her to receive the award and they did, whole-heartedly.
Ooh-Motional Vehicles: Coach Irene Hallisey. Members: Ian Hallisey, Shane Gillen, Janette Lau, Robin Michaelson, David Graniero, Asiya Khan. They took first place.
Weird Science: Coach Shakir Shareef. Members: Naser Shareef, Oliver Chang, Jon Wang-Hu, Shenil Kaithathara, Lizzy Mapes, Jeremy Ong, Joey Sylvester. They took first place
To Be or Not to Be: Coach Diane Bobek. Members: Lauren Bobek, Aish Subramanian, Alec Cranford, Alexandria Curtwright, Kaitlyn Lee, Olga Saniukovich, Mouzel Maugas. They took third place.
Odyssey Angels: Coach Grace Huhne. Members: Jenna Huhne, Brittany Reid, Brittney Gervasi, Christina Engler, Amar Reddy, Kyle McDowell, Victor Cao. They took second place
You Make the Call, balsa structure: Coach Ken Weightman. Members: Joseph DeMarco, Alexis Beucler, Holly Weinrauch Tyler Bolles, Anthony Siebenmorgen, Kris Stolarczyk, Kimber Stepka. They took first place.
Katie Penick coached a Deer Park Primary Team, for her 10th year of participation in Odyssey of the Mind. She can be seen in the lower right part of the third photo, which shows the team she coached. The pictures below were taken from a set of photos the Pasco school district’s flickr page.
